Rattray Arts Festival is a celebration of more than 30 artists and makers in and around Blairgowrie and Rattray. Hosted in Blairgowrie Town Hall for nine days, from Saturday the 16th to Sunday the 24th of August 2025, there are unique hand crafted artworks, fine art paintings, ceramics and more. Visit your local artists and makers this August and support our local talent.
History of the event is here. Lots of space for images and text if we want.
This years main sponsor is Castle Water along with Proctors, Irvines, Red house & 31's & The two Bells in Blairgowrie.
Castle Water
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Forth Sponsor
Throughout the Art Festival, we will be raising money for three charities, the Scottish Air Ambulance, Blairgowrie & Rattray women's football team and Wisecraft.
SCAA - Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance
Blairgowrie & Rattray
Women's Football Team
Wisecraft
ARTISTS
Tina Gliddon
I am originally from Devon, I enjoy painting in many mediums over the years but have now changed to pastels, I love the detail and colours I get from this medium. I enjoy doing pet portraits, local scenes, birds, flowers and Bees.
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Stewart Graham
Painter of Scottish landscapes, both traditional oil painting and modern digital illustration. Stewart will be showing a variety of painting, prints and greeting cards. Commissions welcome.
​Stewart is a graphic designer and web designer (this site included) and has been painting landscapes for a few years. Previous to that, he's been illustrating and designing in the computer games industry for the last 35 years. Popular gaming titles he's worked on include Micro Machines, Angry Birds Action! and the little known and obscure Grand Theft Auto.
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Mark McCallum
Mark McCallum was born in North Yorkshire in 1964 and studied in York where he graduated in 1988 with a BA Honors degree in Fine Art and Media Studies, specializing in oil painting. He has since been widely exhibited in the UK and currently lives and works from his studio in Kirkmichael, Perthshire.
Living in the Highlands since 2004 has given Mark the opportunity to fully explore the outstanding and breathtaking landscape that Scotland has to offer. His paintings reflect the ever changing mood of remote sceneries, dramatic skies and vast beaches, as well as the colourful mountain flora and geography.
Approaching the work with a bold palette, an impressionistic style and semi-abstract representation, and by incorporating mixed media and found materials from the local areas depicted, Mark achieves a sense of authenticity and belonging, allowing the viewer to breath and immerse in the landscape.
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Cairngorm Gifts
Cairngorm Gifts, is owned and run by Mark & Sally McCallum who work together as an artist and crafter in their studio in Kirkmichael, Perthshire. Here at Cairngorm Gifts, quality is the top priority from Scottish sourced materials and unique products to excellent customer service. Sally works with textiles, predominantly Harris Tweed to produce beautiful handmade cushions, bags and purses.
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Trevor Taylor
For over 30 years I exhibited my work at horse and agricultural shows throughout the UK including Royal Windsor Horse Show, Gatcombe, Blenheim and Blair Castle Horse Trials and the BEVA equine vets conference, Perth bull sales and many more where I met lots of intersting people showing and selling their animals. I welcome visitors to my studio at Ballintuim where I have a wide selection of paintings ,drawings and prints of my work. Tel - 01250 886323 E - trevor@trevortaylorartist.com
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Rhona Kirkpatrick
Rhona is a mixed media artist creating paintings of shoreline, mountains and landscape. She uses collage, watercolours, inks, pastels and pencils according to the subject matter. Living and working in Blairgowrie, she draws inspiration from the surrounding countryside, the wesrt coast and mountainous regions of Scotland. In the lush farming area of Strathmore the marks on the land left from planting, furrows in the earth and the bordrsof the fields lend perspective and depth to her mark making.
Rhona is a regular participant in Perthshire Open Studios, ArTay, Perth Festival of Arts, Fortingall Art and has exhibited widely in Perthshire and Angus as well as The Royal Scottish Watercolours ( RSW) summer and winter exhibitions in Edinburgh and Glasgow. At this year's RSW Exhibition at the National Gallery, Princes Street, Edinburgh she won the Scottish Artists Benevolent Association for her painting " Incoming Storm".
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David Mackenzie
I’m an Edinburgh born self-taught artist specialising in wildlife.
My early life was spent in North America where my parents travelled extensively. It was during this time that I gained my deep love for the natural environment. Wildlife of all varieties were common in my home, and I even had a tame wolf for a pet.
I previously worked professionally in conservation as a Deputy Head Keeper at Edinburgh Zoo for 10 years with big cats, bears and birds. I found this experience helpful with my painting as it gives me an emotional connection to the story I’m trying to tell. Gaining this intimate relationship with animals at a very close level over the years has helped give me an eye for detail which enables me to bring my art to life rather than just replicate it.
In my art I try to imagine the story behind the scenes to create an emotion and to give a connection to the viewer.
I always work in acrylics on canvas & find them particularly responsive to the way that I work, applying many layers, washes & glazes to obtain the right effect.
I’ve had two local solo exhibitions, and take part in an annual local charity art exhibition in Blairgowrie, where they fundraise for the Scottish Charity Air Ambulance, and where I usually donate a painting with all proceeds going to the SCAA. In 2025, I also donated a painting of a capercaillie to the Overgate Hospice in Elland, West Yorkshire, where I also have ties, this was then auctioned to raise funds for an extension for the Hospice.
I’ve been successful in various art competitions, coming joint first place in an international art competition in 2020 and in 2021 & received a Highly Commended award during an exhibition for the Association of Animal Artists.
Email: David.Mackenzie.Artist@gmail.com
At present my work can also be seen at:
Number 4 Gallery at St Abbs, near Coldingham
The Perthshire Gallery, Pitlochry
Michelle Hewitt
Michelle Hewitt is renowned for her intricate pastel drawings of animals. With a lifelong fascination for the natural world, she was introduced to Albrecht Dürer's Young Hare at a young age, sparking a passion for animal art that has remained with her ever since. The work of Rubens has also influenced Michelle, particularly how the eyes in his portraits seem to follow the viewer throughout the room. For Michelle, the eyes are the most critical element in any painting, and she always completes them first before moving on to the rest of the piece. Her preferred medium is soft pastels, as they require no drying time and provide a gentle, refined definition perfect for capturing the texture of fur and feathers. Michelle is thrilled that her art has gained global recognition and is now part of private collections around the world.
Email: hello@michellehewittartist.com
Phone number (if needed) 07979 344833
Liz Dulley
I am a full-time artist based in Perthshire. I find watercolour an exciting medium and enjoy teaching and painting using watercolour products. With a delicate approach, I explore the versatility of water with colour and manipulate paint to create an interesting surface. Through a variety of techniques, I have fun developing paintings and experiencing creations evolve. Work sometimes includes Japanese paper on the painting surface, collected during visits to Japan. In summertime I like to sit outdoors with nature, painting flowers on location, using a loose approach. Artworks have been included in national and international exhibitions, received watercolour painting awards, and are held in public and private collections worldwide.
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16th - 24th AUGUST
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